License Zero

gainful open software development

License Zero is a new way to support open software developers.

Contributors can choose from two new licenses,
Parity and
Prosperity,
that make their work
free for not-for-profit or open-source users, then sell private
licenses to other devs who want to use for profit or in
closed source. Everything happens through a simple, dev-friendly
interface.

licensezero.com works like a vending machine. Developers stock
licensezero.com with licenses for for-profit and closed-source work.
licensezero.com sells those licenses to users on developers’
behalf, and sends the proceeds directly to developers’
Stripe accounts.

Users

You can automatically identify, price, and buy all the licenses you need for
your project:

# Set up for Larry, a developer in California.# You only need to do this once.
licensezero identify --name "Larry Licensor" \
--jurisdiction US-CA --email larry@example.com
# List License Zero dependencies and the cost of# all missing licenses.
cd a-software-project
licensezero quote
# Open an order page for all needed licenses.
licensezero buy
# Import a bundle with all licenses purchased.
licensezero import --bundle $ORDER_BUNDLE_URL
# Check that there are no more missing licenses.
licensezero quote